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Botched court doc outs Google as respondent in national security flap

l33tdawg — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:37:40 +0000

Botched court doc outs Google as respondent in national security flap

posted onAugust 27, 2013

by l33tdawg

Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice

An error by the US Department of Justice's document-redaction staff has inadvertently let slip a secret that the DoJ has spent months battling in the courts to protect – albeit one that will come as a surprise to no one.

The DoJ has long maintained that the practice of using National Security Letters (NSLs) to obtain information from tech companies about their customers must be absolutely hush-hush. The letters are so secretive, in fact, that companies that receive them aren't allowed to discuss them or even admit that they exist.

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DOJ Claims It Did Not Entrap Megaupload

l33tdawg — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:01:28 +0000

DOJ Claims It Did Not Entrap Megaupload

posted onJanuary 15, 2013

by l33tdawg

Credit: http://www.megaupload.com

The U.S. Department of Justice did not mislead a court and attempt to entrap file storage site Megaupload on copyright infringement charges, the agency said in a new filing in the case.

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Anonymous DOJ Breach More Embarrassing Than Harmful

l33tdawg — Mon, 28 May 2012 09:05:32 +0000

Anonymous DOJ Breach More Embarrassing Than Harmful

posted onMay 28, 2012

by l33tdawg

Credit: http://www9.pcmag.com/media/images/321562-data-breaches.jpg?thumb=y

Anonymous claimed to have seized internal emails and other information from a Department of Justice serve earlier this week. That doesn't appear to be the case, based on an analysis of the actual torrent file.

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